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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The warehouse of l.. d. Petit, near
the railroad depot in Rapid City, val
ued at eight thousand dollars, including
contents, was totally destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 22nd inst. The
fire was caused by defective fiue
rendered so by the violent wind storm
Of the night previous. The fire depart.
ment, consequent upon no alarm having
been given, did not get out. The entire
structure was consumed in an hour
Insurance, $4,000.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30
Married.

At the Kleemann House in this city,
on Monday evening April 25th, by j. NJ.
Lewis, Justice Of the Peace, Il. +. Nc
Laughlin and Miss Frances Burns.
Ford is well known as a successful tin
prospector in this district, being the
original discoverer of the celebrated
Tin Reef mine, which was sold to the
Harvey Peak Tin company for $4,000.
Miss Burns has been a resident here
but short time, having come here
from Centre Point, Iowa, few months
since. Their future home will be near
Hay creek, about five miles southwest
Of this place, where Mr.. Mel. has a
desirable stock ranch.
The CHRONICLE wishes the newly
welded pair abundant prosperity and
unalloyed happiness.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30
A Correction.

BY reference to the fles Of the Rapid
journal in this Office, we find that
Rapid City east 7O7 votes for mayor at
her spring election; we therefore con
fess to having incidentally erred in
stating the number at $40 in our issue OF
last week. We trust that the Journal
will concede that the error was not in
tract from that city's well earned popu-
lating prestige.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The Douglas Advertiser made its APP
pearance on the 10th inst. materially en-
larged, and filled with that character of
information which only the newspaper
alive to the interests Of the town in
which it is published ever gives. The
Advertiser has fairly reached the front
in the Douglas field, and that city Of
prospective greatness could i'll afford to
dispense with its energetic efforts in the
interest of the place.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30
Memorial Day.

The commander of Gen. Steele Post
No "a, Dept. of Oak ota q. A. X. Of this
place is in receipt of circular from
General Harrison Allen, department
commander, endorsing general order
No. IL from national headquarters, re-
questing the observance OF May 30th as
Memorial day, at which time it is re-
quested that the members of all Grand
Army posts assemble and perform the
usual rites.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30
According to recenr government re.

port, only one Indian in 250,0O0 was
afflicted with delirium tremens during
the past year, and only four suffered
from inebriation. In view of the In.
dams well known weakness for fire.
water, we can only account for his
splendid temperancc record upon the
reasonable assumption that the noble
paragon (?) Of the plains very rarely
takes anything beyond his reach.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The statute Of John C.. Calhoun was
unveiled at Charleston, South Carolina,
on Tuesday. Fifty thousand people
witnessed the imposing ceremonies in
honor of the greatest man South Caro-
lima ever produced.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

Pierre is jubilant. The Indian de-
partment has accepted the offer made
by that place for the Indian school,
which will be built at once, and cost
100000. 1t will doubtless be the finest
government building in the territory,
and will accommodate two hundred
scholars.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

Huron papers state that postal in
vestigation has determined the fact Of
that place being entitled to free postal
delivery, and THAI with the single ex-
ception Of Sioux Falls, no other city in
the territory is entitled to such deliv-
0ry
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The school Of mines closed yesterday
with no formality, To-day Professor
Jansen will take charge Of the assay de-
partment Of the school. Professor Car
penter with the assistance of Professors
Hewes and Davis will complete the
plans and specifications for the new
building, and will then prepare to take
the field tor the purpose Of making a
geological survey Of the various mining
districts Of the Hills.--Rapid Journal, %.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The Rapid Journal publishes report
Of potatoes selling in Deadwood at 10
cents per pound, hay 7 cents pound,
eggs 81 a dozen, and other things in
proportion; a result Of the mud block
ade.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The United States army consists OF
2s,l69 men, including 2,l59 officers. to-
wit; general; major gnerals; l6
brigadier generals; 6S colonels; SO lieut.
enant colonels; 233 majors; ego captains;
645 first lieutenants; 444 second lieut.
enants.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

Hon. John ID. Patton, who recently
returned from the headquarters Of the
f., f. & M. V. Railroad company,
whittier he had gone to put in bid for
work on the extension north of Rapid,
reports the following: That he was in
formed by Manager Hall, that all bids
would be submitted on the basis, and
with the understanding that the iron
must be laid, and trains running into
Sturgis by the first day Of November.
That no contract would be let beyond
Sturgis this year. That work on the
grade would be commenced as soon as
men, teams and implements could be
got on the ground. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that within month the line
will be alive with men and teams.
Sturgis prides herself upon being the
nearest shipping point for Galena smelt-
ing ores, and the Record claims that the
only natural route from that point to
the big mines il via Boulder Canyon
through Deadwood by wagon.
Special to the Rapid Journal: Fre-
mont, Nebraska. April l9.-The follow
ing appears in to-day's Tribune: A
contract for grading the Black Hills
branch north from Rapid City will be
let in a few days, and the work will be
done this season. This road will not go
to Deadwood, but will go a few miles
south Of that place. The approach to
Deadwood is very difficult and the com
pany for this reason has decided not to
60 there. The report that the Fremont,
Elkhorn and Missouri Valley is not
going to renew operations on the west
end Of the main line is, the Tribune,
learns upon good authority, a mistake.
The grading which has been done west
of Douglas will be ironed at once and
possibly little more work done to take
the road to the coal mines On Deer
creek, which are being oponea
Rumor says that contract to grade
forty miles of road on the extension of
the f., +. < NJ. v from Rapid has been
let, but rumor is not alway reliable, and
it may be that only a thirty-fve mile
contract has been let. 1t is always bet
ter to make allowance for exagerations
where rumor forms the basis ofinforma-
ton.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

The troops sent out to expel squatters
from the Winnebago and Crow Creek
reservations were followed by Indians
covered with war paint, and armed with
Winchester rifles, who destroyed what
ever property the settlers left behind.
Every possible means was taken to show
their exultation over the eviction Of the
whites. The settlers decided to 90
quietly when the soldiers came, but are
determined upon returning to their
homes as soon as the troops start back
to Fort Sully. Trouble from Indians, il
is feared, will result from the settlers
ro-possessing themselves of these lands.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

Oliver Dalrymple, the bonanza wheat
grower Of North Dakota, viii SOW $4,000
acres this year.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30

Grand Forks, Oak, has perfected the
preliminary arrangements for the con.
struction Of a street railway.
, 1887-08-30

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very wonder
full machinery it is. Not only the larger
air passages, but the thousands of little
tubes and cavities leading from them
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be there,
your lungs cannot do half their work.
A nd what they do, they cannot do well
= Call it cold, cough, Group. Pneumonia,
caCarrh, consumption, or any of the fam
lily of throat and nose and head and lung
distractions, all are bad. All ought to
be got rid OF. There is Just one sure way
to get rid of them. That is to take
Boschee's German Syrup, which any
druggist will sell you at IS cents a bottle.
Even if everything else has failed you
you may depend upon this for certain.
, 1887-08-30
Mrs. Lnngtry Not tho First.

Evidence continues to pour in showing
that whoever made the statement that
Mrs. Langtry was the first alien woman to
become q citizen of this country was quite
far from the facts. Judge Thomas
Moran, Of Chicago, the associate Judge
OF the appellate court, says that his
mother, a native of Ireland and subject
of Great Britain, took out papers and be-
came a naturalized citizen of New York
state as far back as 1886 or 1887. He
says that prior to the adoption of the re-
vised statutes, about 1880, an alien could
not inherit or hold title to land i'll New
York. MY mother" he said, ''came
here as a child, and her father acquired
property in New York. 1t was probably
to enable her to retain her right and title
OF this that she became n~aturalized.
Very likely many other ladies in a SINH
lar position in the original states and
colonies did the very same thing; 80 l
imagine the occurrence is much less rare
than the papers think. Until the legisla-
lures of the different states changed the
law it had to be done. New York Sun.
, 1887-08-30

None of my friends ever thought much
Of me as q dog trainer, but l rave given
IN illustration of the great Intelligence of
inferior animals that will present the
great public one of these days with n new
breed of CANNES. Ihave trained a chicken
terrier which in a few years should be in
active demand by all persons residing in
the suburbs OF country. There is n dog
that will take instructions with all the
the gravity of AN owl and carry them out
to the very letter. When | toll that dog
to go into the backyard and drive out
the strange chickens he will gnmbol off
and lead one brood to the west fence,
like a mother bringing home her chill
dren, and having dispatched them to
their own barn, he will return and size
up tho crowd. If there are any visitors
remaining, he will ''cut them out" to
use a cowboy phrase, and with unerriug
sagacity send them TO their respective
homes, ~admonishing them with a fcro-
cious bark that he will chew them if he
catches them trespassing among tho
flower beds. | think this is a valuable
instinct to develop. Cor. Globe-D Demo-
Crat.
, 1887-08-30
Old ra.hio.oa Tooth Pulling.

1 remember having a tooth pulled oncs
by the old doctor. His wife seated her
self in a chair, and placed me on the
door with my head clasped between her
knees. Then the doctor brought out his
turnkey-which was constructed some
what like one of the levers with a nova
BILE hook used for the rolling of logs-and
fished from his pocket an old bandana
handkerchief, which had lone service
for mouth, nose, and p~erspiration for a
month or two, and wadded it about the
handle of the machine. This bundle he
pushed in my mouth. after having lanced
the gums, and commenced working to
get the end of the hook under the edge of
the tooth. Having accomplished this, he
began to grind on the handle, and at the
same moment the old lady frightened hei
grasp On my head. The top of my head
seemed being pried off, and all the mar
row in my bones seemed to be pulled up
in strings toward my neck. Crack the
instrument slipped off. Again it was
fixed, and again the top of my head was
turned upward with a violent crash, and
again the reluctant marrow was drawn
out in strings. Three times did the ma
chine slip; the fourth trial was made,
the top of my head was wrenched en-
tirely off, and the marrow in my system,
my boots, bones, and all, appeared to be
drawn up with a terrific pull, and the
molar was extracted.
1 pocketed the tooth, he pocketed a
shilling, and then 1 left.
1t was not an uncommon occurrence in
those days for the doctor, when trying to
locate his hook beyond the space filled by
the handkerchief, to hitch on the wrong
tooth, and to jerk put a sound grinder in
place of the real offender. In such q
case the sufferer took it all good ma
turedly, and underwent with such endur-
ance as he could the correction of the
blunder.-"Poliuto'' in Chicago Times.
, 1887-08-30

Speaking of how the cunning dog
al derange a dramatic performance"
said Manager Bob Fulford to a party of
friends whom he was entertaining at the
Westminster hotel one June evening,
reminds me that once in Carson City
Augusta Dargon was playing Camille.
She got along to the last act all right, but
in the most absorbing homer of that
most sympathetic act the cunning dog of
the audience made a ~jocular remark that
set the audience in a roar and broke up
everything in the piece save Dargon her
self. She deliberately arose from her
(Camille's) death bed, strobe majestically
down to the footlights, and in a voice of
memorable purpose, said: Ladies and
gentlemen, l swear to you hat l will not
die until that man is put out of the
theatre
1.-THE fellow caught as it were the
spirit of Dargon's remarks, and retreated
just in time to escape being thrown out.
Then Dargon went back to her couch and
died. Detroit Free Press.
, 1887-08-30

1t is a singular fact that the United
States, while strong in resources, is en-
tirely dependent upon foreign countries
for the gold and tinsel which is used in
decorating her officers Of the army and
navy when on dress parade. A military
officer, nj matter what flag he fights
under, must have a certain amount of
glitter about his shoulders or he cannot
do justice to the government which en-
ploys him. Epaulets and shoulder knots
are as essential to a well regulated army or
navy as are the guns and ammunition
used on the enemy. Yet, in spite of the
fact that there are 6 1000 or 1000 officers
in the United States who must have gold
cord, gold lace and gilded epaulets, there
Is not q single mandatory in the coun-
try where this ''war material" can be
made. Boston Advertiser,
, 1887-08-30

The German papers continue to pub
fish numerous anecdotes of the late Herr
Krupp. The Vienna Extrablatt gives the
following interesting incident which
marked the visit Of tho Emperor William
10 the Essen works: The emperor dis
played great interest in the working of
the steam hammer, and Herr Krupp took
the opportunity Of speaking in high praise
of the workman who had special charge
Of ii. ''Ackerman has a sure eye, " he
sail, and can stop the falling hammer
Mt any moment. A hand might be placed
on the anvil without fear, aud he would
stop the hammer within n hairs breadth
OF it Let US try it, said the empe-
ror, but not with II human hand-try
my watch, and he laid it, n splendid
specimen of work richly set with brill
iau,s, on the anvil. Down came the inn
mcnso mass of steel, and Alderman, with
his hand on the lever, stopped it Just the
sixth of an inch from the watch. When
he went TO hand it back, the emperor re-
piled kindly: mo. Alderman; keep the
watch in memory Of an interesting mo-
ment. The workman, embarrassed,
stood with outstretched hand, not know
ing what TO do. Krupp came forward
and took the watch, saying: IN keep it
for you if you are afraid to take it from
his majesty" A few minutes later they
again passed the spot, and Krupp said:
Now you can take the emperor's present
from my hand, p" and handed Alderman
the watch wrapped up in a thousand
mark note. Boston Transcript.
, 1887-08-30
a Chinese Complexion

When observed in one of the Caucasian
race, is indicative of bile in the blood.
Who would be yellow when he or she can
exhibit the hue of health on cheek and
brow through the aid OF Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, an antagonist at whose
onset liver complaint takes refuge in flight.
Fur upon the tongue, nausea, sick head
ache. pains under the right ribs and
shoulder blade, an unpleasantly odorous
breath, are r%emediable with this benign
Alternative, which does not, like a potent
cathartic. drench the intestines, or, like
the mercurial preparations, contaminate
the blood. Not only the liver, but the
stomach and bowels are aroused, toned
and regulated by this fine family medi-
cine, which has won the confidence of
the respectable classes, not by startling
assertions on its behalf, but by the CON
~sistency of the claims made for it with its
performance in every instance when
tested.
, 1887-08-30
LIQUID FUEL FOR laonoLADs.
An Experiment ordered by the Russian
SIinlster Of MarIme-An Advantage.

An Experiment ordered by the Russian
Minister of MarIne-An Advantage.
The Russian minister of marine has
ordered liquid fuel furnaces to be fitted
to the ironclad Tchesme, now under
course of completion at Sebastopol. The
decision is one Of a very important char
acter, since, although liquid fuel has been
applied to vessels of fairly large dinicn-
sions. his is the first time the use Of it
has been attempted on irouclads.
On the Caspian sea the Russian admir-
atty has used nothing but liquid fuel for
its fleet there for the last fifteen years.
That fleet, however, consists only of gun
boats and small transports. In the Black
sea it has applied liquid fuel to two or
three torpedo boats, and latterly some
steamers, built ut st. Petersburg for the
ONus, ave been fitted with petroleum
furnaces. The government now seems
TO consider the time ripe for further de-
velopmcnts. The best types of furnaces
in use in the Caspian have been called
upon to yield collectively the best dcsigns
for the Tchesme, and in due course the
Russian government win solve one way
or the other the debated question whether
liquid fuel is superior to coal on board
mcn-of-war. The advantages claimed by
Russian practice are defined by Mr.. Mar
win as follows:
Liquid fuel can be turned on or OF
ike gas. thus dispensing with stoing or
banked fires; it is clean and emits no
smoke. A ton Of liquid fuel can do the
work of two or three tons of coal, occupy
ing at the same time, bulk for bulk, about
half the space; md this means that either
the vessel can go two or three times as
far without stopping TO coal, or utilize
the bunker space for cargo purposes. In
this manner 1000 tons of oil not only
goes as far as . 300 tons of coal accord
ing TO the type Of furnace used, but
takes up only the bunker space of 500 or
600 tons, and allows the balance of 1000
tons to be applied to passenger or cargo
purposes"
In the case of Russia there is one more
advantage which has robably influenced
tho minister OF marin more than any Of
the foregoing-th f~ct that by using
liquid fuel in the Blayk sea Russia will
reI.:ler herself independent of English
coal Broad Arrow.
, 1887-08-30
Manicure. Cha. Concerning Hands.

al have given the human hand a study
of a lifetime said a successful mani
cure, 'and l have no hesitation in saving
that there Is nothing whatever in PALMS.
try. The hand reader depends on luck
and a knowledge of character, and really
has no more basis for his opinions than
the fortune teller or racehorse tipster. OF
course he can tell the hand of a laborer
from that of the clubman, but the dis
tinguishing features are the result of
work and ave nothing whatever to do
with the hand itself. A persons hand
changes on account of the use it is put to,
and not because the person himself
changes. The shape of the hand depends
upon the general contour of the body,
and is not influenced by personal traits.
MOS of my time is devoted to patients
who have suddenly found themselves ele-
waited to a higher walk of life. Nearly all
my patients are women. Some nave
been shop girls, whose pretty faces nave
aided them to find husbands among the
wealthy, and others AVE been servants,
who have married into their employers
families. In cases of this kind women
are very anxious to remove all traces OF
their past life, and as gross hands are
harder to conceal than neglected educa-
IiOh IheJ lOOh upon Ine Trained manicure
as their best friend. 1t is surprising how
readily the hand can be changed in size,
shape and color. An ugly or deformed
hand can never be made beautiful, but as
there are S % few really well formed hands
the most homely can be made ~presentable
by a strict course of treatment. To re-
duce fat and give to the fingers that
beautiful tapering appearance nothing is
so efficient as regular exercise on a piano.
Many persons practice on those dumb
pianos who have no intention of ever be-
coming musical. The next step is to re-
move the callous and discolored skin.
Then the nails are cut, scraped and re-
stored to their natural color. If the ends
of the fingers have been bitten we cover
them with specially prepared caps, which
make the fingers grow long and almond
shaped at the tips. Here are photographs
OF the same hand before and after treat
ment. Out of curiosity 1 took them to a
hand reader. He went into raptures over
the pictures, and said it was seldom he
was called upon to read the characters of
two such entirely different persons. -
New York Evening Sun.
, 1887-08-30
HygIenie Propertie. of nnttermilk.

Some n has lately written that the
best cholera mixture is watermelon and
buttermilk. In some cases both these
foods are dangerous, but they are other
wise healthful and valuable during sum-
mer. Take buttermilk; it is one Of the
few valuable beverages of summer rs re-
CARDS the system; it scours it in q natural
way that drugs will not do, reaching
every crevice and crack, gathering the re-
fuse that could be exterminated in no
other way. 1t is q remedy for indiges-
ton, for in churning the first processes of
digestion are accomplished. Nothing is
more easily digested than buttermilk. 1t
besides makes gastric juice. Then, for
those who cannot sleep, it is valuable as
a soporiic. In hot weather it is a stimu-
liant, and should be taken every day,
where coffee, tea and water would be
harmful. - DR.. Richardson in Globe
Democrat.
, 1887-08-30
Grnre. Of rIrcr Great Mon.

The pink white rock is the only memo.
rial that marks the crave of Emcrson--a
sufficient one for this generation at least,
which needs no carved record to mark
the burial place of its greatest native
spiritual guide. The little slab at the
head of the long grave in the inclosure
of arbor vitm bears upon it the word
"Hawthorne'-tha is all. The low head
and foot stones have already grown
messy and ancient in the shade on the
hill top. And the third gravestone
bears upon it the name of Henry d.
Thoreau. and the brief record OF the birth
and death of the man whose wood notes
still so widely echo. Where else in all
the world can be found the clustering
graves of three great men that are so
simply marked as th~ese?-Boston Tran
sCript.
, 1887-08-30

Some sharp observer in Westfeld has
discovered that the electric lights recently
placed on the more retired streets are de-
moralizing to the toads. 1t is asserted
that these useful ~batrachians, attracted
by the brilliant light when the streets are
quiet, gather by dozens under it and hold
high revels. The greatly enlarged shad-
ows of countless insects fluttering around
the light fall upon the ground, and the
innocent toads, thinking them to be real,
hop about in all directions to catch them,
making it seem as though they were
going through a merry cotilion. Spring
field (Mass.) Observer.